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Contents I. Introduction 1. Approaching Statistics 2. Statistics and the Research Process II. Descriptive Statistics: Describing Samples and Populations 3. Frequency Distributions and Percentiles 4. Measures of Central Tendency: The Mean, Median, and Mode 5. Measures of Variability: Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation 6. z-Scores and the Normal Curve Model III. Describing Relationships 7. Describing Relationships Using Correlations 8. Using Linear Regression to Predict Scores IV. Inferential Statistics 9. Probability: Making Decisions about Chance Events 10. Overview of Statistical Hypothesis Testing: The z-Test 11. Hypothesis Testing for a Single Mean or a Correlation Coefficient: The t-Test 12. Hypothesis Testing for Two Sample Means: The t-Test 13. Hypothesis Testing for Two or More Means: The One-Way Analysis of Variance 14. Hypothesis Testing for Means from Two Independent Variables: The Two-Way Analysis of Variance 15. Chi Square and Other Nonparametric Procedures Appendixes: A. Additional Statistical Formulas. B. Statistical Tables. C. Answers to Odd-Numbered Practice ProblemsHeiman is the author of 'Basic Statistics for Behavioral Science' with ISBN 9780395962510 and ISBN 039596251X.
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